Coronation Street spoilers follow.
Evelyn Plummer's long-awaited return to Weatherfield will be marred by tenseness after she makes an insensitive remark.
In Coronation Street scenes airing Wednesday, May 12, Tyrone Dobbs' opinionated grandmother reappears in the café following her "scenic rail journey" trip, but fails to read the room in light of Nina Lucas and Seb Franklin's brutal attack.
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Played by screen veteran Maureen Lipman, Evelyn targets Kirk Sutherland's IQ, which Roy Cropper then likens to the vitriol suffered by Nina and throws her out of the café.
Later on, she returns to the café again to apologise for her ill-judged behaviour, while Roy goes on to admit that he overreacted and deep down he's just concerned for Nina.
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Previously discussing Nina and Seb's based-on-true-events storyline, Corrie boss Ian MacLeod shared: "This incredibly hard-hitting storyline, which centres on a senseless act of violence, will draw in characters from all corners of our narrative universe and will, we hope, leave the audience with a clear message: everyone, regardless of how they look, how they dress or any aspect of how they live their life, should be treated with tolerance and respect.
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"The story will run across the rest of the year and beyond, with many twists and turns, and will be heartbreaking and dramatic in equal measure. In the end, the story will see an optimistic outcome emerge from the traumatic attack."
Coronation Street airs Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights on ITV.
Anyone who has witnessed or experienced a hate crime is urged to call the police on 101, Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or visit the True Vision website. In an emergency, always dial 999.
Coronation Street has worked on the current storyline alongside The Sophie Lancaster Foundation, which was set up to challenge prejudices and intolerance towards people from alternative subcultures, and extend UK hate crime legislation, following the murder of Sophie Lancaster in 2007.
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